[exodus]

How about it, Mr. President?
Don't violate the Constitution, use it.
Ask for a Declaration of War against Afganistan,
the nation that attacked us,
and add a Declaration of War against Iraq,
whose leader considers us his enemy.
Play along with Hussain.
Declare war on him, it would make his day.

(Expletive deleted) peace.
I want a Declaration of War against terrorist nations.
# 333 by exodus
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To: exodus
Ask for a Declaration of War against Afganistan,
the nation that attacked us,

"That actually gives a good reason not to declare war.
We are not at war against Afghanistan.
We have been at war with a rebellious faction in it,
albeit one that had control of the majority of the territory."
# 383 by lepton
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The Talaban are not a "rebellious faction,"
you're thinking of the Northern alliance,
the rebels against the official government of Afganistan.

So if we're attacked by Mexico,
we shouldn't declare war on the nation of Mexico,
because we were only attacked by the people in control of Mexico's government?

[Wissa]

The Talaban are not a "rebellious faction," you're thinking of the Northern alliance, the rebels against the official government of Afganistan.

The US (as well as pretty much every other country in the world) has always recognized the Northern Alliance as the official government of Afghanistan. They are NOT the ones we are at war with.

[lepton]

The Talaban are not a "rebellious faction," you're thinking of the Northern alliance, the rebels against the official government of Afganistan.

Ummmm. Nope. The Northern Alliance has some Autonomous groups, but among them is the "Official Government of Afghanistan". Only three nations had ever recognized the Taliban militia groups as the Government of Afghanistan. Not even Iran has ever recognized them. Pakistan had recognized them because they created the Taliban. BTW, the Taliban is also in Pakistan, where it exists only as a religious movement.